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Feb. 13, 1890: Readers of The Comet learned about railway plans. “As mentioned last week in the Comet the board met on Thursday to consider a proposition made by Col. W.P. Dunavant and Capt. Sam Tate Jr., asking for the franchise to build a street railroad in Johnson City. After discussing the proposition at length the committee was continued and Gen. Wilder agreed to pay the expenses of sending the committee to Chatta-nooga to investigate the matter thoroughly before the franchise is granted. The committee will go to Chattanooga to-day (sic) and the matter will be settled on their return.”
Feb. 13, 1911: The Nashville Banner, with a dateline of Johnson City, reported on the possibility of a reform court. “Saturday afternoon the Ministers’ Association of Johnson City and the County Board of Education held a meeting as a result of the shooting of Prof. Gray by John Smith, a school boy. . It was the sense of the meeting that a compulsory school law should be ....

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